'Beginners' -- 2 1/2 stars

R; 1:44 running time "Beginners" begins at the end, with news that Hal, the retired LA museum curator played by Christopher Plummer, has died of cancer. Then we reverse and learn about his final, exuberantly happy years as a self-outed gay man. Better late than never. Just cute enough for som

R; 1:44 running time "Beginners" begins at the end, with news that Hal, the retired LA museum curator played by Christopher Plummer, has died of cancer. Then we reverse and learn about his final, exuberantly happy years as a self-outed gay man. Better late than never. Just cute enough for som

R; 1:44 running time "Beginners" begins at the end, with news that Hal, the retired LA museum curator played by Christopher Plummer, has died of cancer. Then we reverse and learn about his final, exuberantly happy years as a self-outed gay man. Better late than never. Just cute enough for som